Connie and Carlo met on Pearl Harbor Day, December 7th, 1941. They did not get married until September, 1946. That's almost five years of courtship and engagement. I don't think that was very common back then, especially since Carlo wasn't serving in the war. Does the book mention any particular reason?
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I read the book just once and that was in the 1970s, so I don't recall Carlo's story in detail.
But, I do know that the war disrupted daily life in America in a big way. Carlo could have worked in a relative's factory doing double shifts.
Does the book cover where Carlo was during those years or if he had a deferment?
I just read the book for the second time and only found that the wedding was in August 1945. It doesn't really mention anything else though. I mean Carlo and Connie could've known each other for a while before dating. Some engagements are longer than others, so we don't really know when they started their relationship.
shareOne of the comic elements in the play Guys and Dolls is how Miss Adelaide and Nathan Detroit have been engaged for 14 years, haha. Just saw a local production of G&D, and it was wonderful.
shareHaha yup. Very interesting enough that Marlon Brando was in that movie as well with Frank Sinatra. Coincidence?
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I thought Brando did a decent job, I thought he had a lot of "Suave" in his Character of Sky Masterson. Now I do agree he didn't have the greatest singing voice, but I think he did a somewhat decent job. It makes me kind of wonder if they didn't cast Marlon Brando, who else would they have casted. That's just my opinion though.
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Dean Martin would've been fun watch. I can see that for sure. I wonder what the picture would've looked like if it was Dean Martin. Hahaha Kind of funny this thread was the Godfather then turned to Guys and Dolls. haha
shareI don't take that "flashback" scene at the end of GF2 to be canon. It's not in the book and it seems almost cartoony that the Don arriving for a surprise 50th birthday party (and I think the film made him 3 or 4 years younger than the book just so this scene could be for a significant birthday!), Connie meeting her future husband and Michael's big announcement that he's enlisted would all happen in the space of a couple of minutes.
In fact, Carlo serves absolutely no purpose to this scene - I think he's supposed to be a reminder of a more innocent time for Connie, but surely just showing Connie being young, single, care free and with her life ahead of her to look forward to would have done that.
I'd like to say there was no need for Tessio to be in this scene either but it was great to see him!